Re: Which hard drive brand ?

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From: Richard Hodson
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:00

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In comp.os.linux.setup Robert Paul Pham <zzppham@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> wrote:
: BTW, I leave Linux on all the time, is there a util to spin down IDE drives?

Try:

hdparm -S <timeout>

The timeouts are not obvious, so read the manpage. I have used this with
Western Digital 270MB drives so should work for you.

 - Richard

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From: richard@news.specialix.co.uk (Richard Hodson)
Subject: Re: Which hard drive brand ?
Date: 1996/06/28
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